as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics

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Recent Examples of pacemaker First-ever transient pacemaker harmlessly dissolves in body Nature Biotechnology. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025 The current study is an advance on an earlier dissolvable pacemaker by the same team. Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025 After triple bypass and mitral valve repair surgery at the age of 89, a pacemaker was installed in my chest. Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025 The researchers are confident that the battery could permanently power implantable devices like pacemakers or brain-computer interfaces. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pacemaker
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Noun
  • Because in this age of generative AI, leaders are creating versions of themselves that operate without them.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • After a server at a Pilsen restaurant was attacked, a community wants justice The footage of two women brutally attacking a server at Taco Azteca, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, last weekend has left a neighborhood reeling, according to residents and local leaders.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the coach features, the support for connection to other fitness devices and advanced bits like the virtual pacer mode?
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Rajasthan, however, backed Archer and the pacer repaid the trust with a crucial performance in the side's six-run win over Chennai Super Kings followed by a match-winning 3-25 spell against Punjab Kings on Saturday.
    Suramya Kaushik, Reuters, 6 Apr. 2025
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  • The early pioneer in self-driving technology, Waymo has managed to beat Elon Musk-led Tesla and a myriad of now-defunct autonomous vehicle startups to the U.S. market.
    Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
  • All this is to say that the longest in the world may have actually taken place in the woods, where more skiers than ever are now skimming the backcountry meltwater all spring long—just like the Slush Cup pioneers, Cyril Paris and Cliff White.
    Anna Fiorentino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Pacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacemaker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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